Data Platform Architect

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture. We're looking for a Data Platform Architect to play a critical role in designing, implementing, and managing our data management infrastructure, ensuring it supports our strategic goals and operational needs. You'll provide technical leadership of our data platform and data architecture. We see data as an asset that is critical for informing our business and driving performance. Data supports all areas of operations: informing our editors choices; supporting advertising revenue; and supporting our reader revenue teams to acquire more supporters and increase revenue per supporter. About the Role

• Evolve our existing GCP-based data platform architecture to meet strategic goals
• Develop and maintain a scalable, robust, and secure data architecture encompassing all source system data, the Lakehouse and the consumption layer.
• Defining the data architecture security and access requirements to be embedded.
• Lead the efforts on developing a complete and robust logical data model that can be deployed on the Lakehouse to enable stakeholders to derive the maximum value from myriad data sources.
• Define the methodology used to integrate data from various internal and external sources
• Collaborate with the existing governance team to ensure they have the tools and support needed to uphold data governance policies and standards.
• Support data analytics and business intelligence efforts by ensuring data accessibility and reliability through business intelligence tools.
• Provide leadership mentoring and guidance for existing data platform engineers
  
  Extensive, demonstrable experience as a Data Architect with a track record of working with data lake and data warehouse environments specifically in the cloud
• Expert knowledge of modern data stack in particular Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Google BigQuery (GBQ), Airflow and DBT or similar technologies for designing data ingestion/reporting, transformations, optimisations and middleware interoperability
• Demonstrated ability to assess needs of the relevant internal teams, creatively approach solutions, decide and influence appropriate courses of action
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy to understand business terms
We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements. We're operating in a hybrid working model with a mix of office based and remote based work. You'll be expected to come into our London office 3 days a week.

We are proud supporters of Women in Data®. Connect, engage and belong to the largest free female data community in the UK - visit: www.womenindata.co.uk to join our community.

We offer 30 days annual leave per annum, plus an additional 5 day holiday purchase scheme. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available. You are entitled to life cover, income protection, private healthcare, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance. We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy. Culture & Wellbeing We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme. Learning & Development We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships. Our Working Environment We take pride in our surroundings and are pleased to offer versatile meeting rooms and colourful communal areas. We have a brilliant canteen that caters to breakfast, lunch and dinner, with views overlooking Regent's Canal.